The Most Beautiful Czech Books 2018

Awarded and nominated books from the 54th edition of the Most
Beautiful Czech Books 2018 competition will be presented, in the
tradition of previous years, in the Library of the Moravian
Gallery.

The international jury has selected and awarded more than 30
titles from 234 applications in seven basic competition
categories. The winner in the specialised literature category
was the bookCo je designér: věci, místa, sdělení (What Is a
Designer: Objects, Places, Messages)published by the Academy of
Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in the Department series.
The first prize in the Art Book category went to a book of
photographs with comments by the author - the Czech designer Epos
257 -Kořeny, větve, šlahouny (Roots, Branches, Sprouts)published
for an exhibition in the Galerie Trafačka. Its position in
the field of children's literature was again confirmed by the
Baobab publishing house with three prize-winning books. The
remaining prizes were awarded in highly specialised categories.

During the year the nominated and awarded books were presented
for the first time in the gallery of Czech design - CZECHDESIGN -
and at book fairs abroad.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, this year with
graphic design by Petr Bosák, Robert Jansa and Adam Macháček.

The Most Beautiful Czech Books 2018 competition was organised by
the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Czech Literature in
Prague.